Hofbräu

Wilhelm V, Herzog of Bavaria (1579 - 1597), has a thirsty and demanding court. To him the beer brewed in Munich does not feel well enough, so that from the city of Einbeck from Lower Saxony constantly beer must be imported to Munich. Wilhelm orders to think to his court how costs and pleasure can be brought in a balance. On the 27th of September, 1589 the internal revenue administrators and councils Ch present to him. Strabl, A. Amasmeyr, S. Prew and G. Griesmair an idea: Why do not build a brewery. Wilhelm accepts this plan delightedly and recruits that very same day (!) the brewing master of the cloister field Geisen, Heimeran Pongraz, as a planner, developer and the first brewing master of the Hofbräuhauses.